Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya

ንሓድሕድኩም ተጠማመቱ
ንነዊሕ እዋን ንሓድሕዶም ተጠማመቱ።
nhadhdəkum tətaməmatu
nnəwih ewan nhadhdədom tətaməmatu.
look at each other
They looked at each other for a long time.

ናብ
እታ ጓል ናብ ኣዲኣ ገጻ ትጎዪ።
näb
əta gäl näb ʾädiä gäṣṣa tgoyi.
run towards
The girl runs towards her mother.

ሽፋን
ዕምባባታት ማይ ነቲ ማይ ይሽፍኖ።
shifan
‘mbabatat may neti may yishifno.
cover
The water lilies cover the water.

ምምዕባል
ሓዱሽ ስትራቴጂ ይምዕብሉ ኣለው።
m‘m‘e‘bal
hadush s‘trat‘eji yim‘e‘bilu alow.
develop
They are developing a new strategy.

ብመኪና ናብ ገዛኻ
ድሕሪ ምዕዳግ ክልቲኦም ብመኪና ናብ ገዝኦም ይኸዱ።
b‘mekina nab geza‘ka
dhri m‘edag kilt‘om b‘mekina nab gez‘om ykhedu.
drive home
After shopping, the two drive home.

ይቕረ በሉ
ዕዳኡ ይቕረ እብለሉ።
yiqere belu
eda‘u yiqere ebelu.
forgive
I forgive him his debts.

ቀለም
እታ መኪና ሰማያዊ ቀለም ይቕባእ ኣሎ።
q‘elem
eta mekina semayawi q‘elem yiq‘be‘a alo.
paint
The car is being painted blue.

ምብጻሕ
እቲ መብጽሒ ሰብ ነቲ መግቢ የምጽኦ ኣሎ።
mǝbsāḥ
ēti mǝbsǝḥī seb nǝti mǝgbī yǝmǝs’o ālo.
deliver
The delivery person is bringing the food.

ምሕጻብ
ሳእኒ ምሕጻብ ኣይፈቱን’የ።
mih‘ts‘ab
sa‘eni mih‘ts‘ab ayfetun‘ye.
wash up
I don’t like washing the dishes.

ምጥቃስ
እቲ ሓላፊ ካብ ስራሕ ከም ዘባረሮ ጠቒሱ።
məṭḳas
ʾəti ḥalafi kab srāḥ kəm zəbarəro ṭəḳəsu.
mention
The boss mentioned that he will fire him.

ምሕላፍ ብ
ክልቲኦም ኣብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይሓልፉ።
mihlaf bi
kilt‘om āb nēnhēdhōdom yihālfu.
pass by
The two pass by each other.
